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I read some where a long time ago that corn actually has no nutritional value and it leaves your body in basically the same state that it went in, however digested, can anyone verify or disprove that? What is the nutritional value of corn? what vitamons does it have? --The_stuart 00:31, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Corn does have nutritional value but it also has limitations. Humans have difficulting digesting many kinds of plant fiber even though we ingest it every day. At http://whatscookingamerica.net/corn.htm you can find nutritional value of corn. An interesting article abstract reveals more info here about how cooking corn increases the electrolyte levels in corn. Corn contains a high amount of protien but humans can't use all of it. We require an amino acid called lysine to help break down protien and corn happens to be very low in lycine. See this article. -Liblamb

Corn in Mexico City dating back to 70,000 BC? Does human habitation of North America go back this far? -PK, NZ

No it doesn't. In fact, the whole first part of the Botanical History, dealing with the history of Maize itself was wrong, so I removed it to focus more on the origins of sweetcorn itself. -C

Sweetcorn

Can anyone explain why the linear alignment of kernels often differs from one ear of corn to another, even though they are the same hybrid variety and were harvested the same day? Some rows are straight, some rows are slanted, some have a few kernels in line and then jump a half row to produce a few more. Musicwriter 16:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some say it's a zionist conspiracy to confuse the corn eating gentiles of the world. --NEMT 19:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am quite certain is the same reason that no two people (even twins) are identical. Is there any particular reason you are asking this question?

Each kernel is the rezult of a seperate pollination event, so there will be gaps etc. Also, even genetically identical plants look different due to phenotypic plasticity. Wachholder 21:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why "Ear"

Where does the term "ear" come from in reference to corn?

-M

Presumably by analogy with Old World cereals. The word is etymologically unrelated to the word for the body part. --Krsont 17:33, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed unverifiable content

This was added some time back: In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people revealed that sweetcorn was Britain's second favourite culinary vegetable. ^{[citation needed]}. So it went away. --Brandnewuser 19:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plastic Corn

One of the most often asked questions I have heard from my sweet corn customers is about plastic corn. It is sweet corn grown for the first part of the season under a sheet of plastic.

Someone maybe should write an article about it to educate those that think it is a kind of artificial sweet corn

71.121.73.160 09:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Myxtamalization

Is that necessary for this corn? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 06:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

> no 69.107.118.10 (talk) 05:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fix the corn - maize mess

The several articles on maize and corn are terribly confusing to readers in most in the world. This mess needs to be untangled and made reader friendly. Yes, there is an “Olde English” term for “corn” being any type of grain, but that is not what most people in the world use the term for. Various people have labeled corn/maize as fruit, grain, and vegetable. Lets not try botany but rather think of what people do with the end product. In actual usage, field corn is treated as a grain while sweet corn (fresh, frozen, canned, or corn on the cob) is clearly treated as a vegetable. There have been lively discussions on this in the archives but the issues are far from being resolved.

the present article on corn only treats the Olde English “any grain” definition. A better title would be “corn (grain)”
corn should redirect to either the corn disambiguation page or to the vegetable, sweet corn.
OK, we can let the Europeans keep the maize article but dealing mostly with the grain, field corn.
The corn disambiguation page should start with the most common world usage of the word “corn” and route readers to maize, field corn, sweet corn, or whatever type of this particular grain/vegetable they are interested in.

This will not satisfy all editors but it will make readers of Wikipedia much less confused. Grantmidnight (talk) 19:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: this has been cross-posted on various talk pages. To make the discussion easier, I suggest all comments be made at Talk:Corn#Fix the corn - maize mess. -kotra (talk) 20:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trigger happy "Citation needed" removed!

Regaring the dumbed-down "^{[citation needed]}" for proving that corn can be a pizza topping, you just have to go the pizza article instead of stupidly demanding an uttertly and most moronic uneeded quote. Likewise, if you want to "verify" that corn can also be used in salads, just look in Wikipedia for the entry salad! We are nearing 2012, so apparently the citation is only needed for the person who lazily demanded the citation that he himself hasn't bothered in filling in over three years and counting.

When somebody posts that "2+2=4" is already axiomatic, so adding to the article that "2+3 = 5" doesn't need any additional citations! Instead, first look up the Addition entry so you can look it up yourself instead of overfilling the whole article with crowding and pointless "citation needed" tags everywhere!

Sugars turn to starch

How long does it take before sugars in sweet corn turn to starch, and can the sugars be preserved by freezing the corn soon after picking? Pscollins60 (talk) 02:27, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Heath benefits of sweet corn

The cited source for the "anti cancer" properties of ferulic acid is actually just an article talking about the actual source, not to mention that the source only claims antioxidant properties, which does not equal anti-cancer properties. Here's the actual journal article: Processed Sweet Corn Has Higher Antioxidant Activity

Shouldn't the article use the actual journal article rather than a website post talking about it?

212.64.228.100 (talk) 09:11, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]